Description: This directory contains the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Note for Replication Files: MEPS is not included to save space. 
This is available at the links below. Download the file names
listed under /Contents/.

How obtained:
Downloaded from https://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
Date: February 18, 2022 (1999), March 22nd, 2022 (1989 and 1988), April 5th, 2023 (1996), May 24, 2022 (2016)

Downloaded from: https://www.nber.org/research/data/ahrq-medical-expenditure-panel-survey-data-meps
Date: May 24, 2022 (2000-2015, 2017-2019)
By: Tamar Oostrom

Contents:

/2019/
	-- h216.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h213a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2018/
	-- h209.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h206a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2017/
	-- h201.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h197a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2016/
	-- h192.DAT (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h188a.DAT (Prescribed Medications File)

/2015/
	-- h181.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h178a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2014/
	-- h171.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h168a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2013/
	-- h163.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h160a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2012/
	-- h155.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h152a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2012/
	-- h155.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h152a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2011/
	-- h147.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h144a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2010/
	-- h138.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h135a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2009/
	-- h129.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h126a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2008/
	-- h121.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h118a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2007/
	-- h113.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h110a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)

/2006/
	-- h105.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h102a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/2005/
	-- h97.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h94a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/2004/
	-- h89.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h85a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/2003/
	-- h79.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h77a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/2002/
	-- h70.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h67a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/2001/
	-- h60.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h59a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/2000/
	-- h50.dta (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- h51a.dta (Prescribed Medications File)	

/1999/
	-- H38.DAT (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- H33A.DAT (Prescribed Medications File)

/1998/
	-- H28.DAT (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- H26a.DAT (Prescribed Medications File)

/1997/
	-- H20.DAT (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- H16a.DAT (Prescribed Medications File)

/1996/
	-- HC012.DAT (Full Year Consolidated Data File)
	-- HC010A.DAT (Prescribed Medications File)




